Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
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Somerset | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Somerset |
1290–1832 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | East Somerset and West Somerset |
Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Elections were held by the bloc vote system.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1290–1629
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- Constituency created (1290)
MPs 1640–1832
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 John Collinson, Edmund Rack, 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset: Collected from Authentic Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a Map of the County, and Engravings of Roman and Other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches, and Gentlemen's Seats, Volume 1, R. Cutwell, 1791, p. xxx online Archived 15 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 S. E. Rigold, Nunney Castle, Somerset (HMSO, 1967), p. 4 (online Archived 30 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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Sources
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
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- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845)
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset (historic)
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